Prep Football, Act II – otherwise known as Week 2 – is here. It starts with a chance to see one of the top unsung talents in the Sac-Joaquin Section in Lawrence Hall, a tailback and defensive back ace for Mesa Verde, whom Mavericks coach Rob Barney calls one of the very best players in the 35 years he has been with the program.
Mesa Verde plays Bella Vista, a team trying to figure out how it gave up 27 fourth-quarter points to Cordova.
The complete schedule:
All games 7:30 unless noted
Thursday
Mesa Verde vs. Bella Vista at San Juan
Friday
Amador at Foothill, 7 p.m. Armijo vs. Valley at Cosumnes River College, 7:15 p.m. Bear River at Golden Sierra Bradshaw Christian at Summerville Burbank at Grant, 7 p.m. Colfax at Union Mine, 7:15 p.m. Fairfield vs. Pleasant Grove at Sheldon, 7:15 p.m. Florin at Inderkum, 7:15 p.m. Folsom at Roseville, 7:15 p.m. Foresthill at San Juan Franklin at Rodriguez, 7:15 p.m. Jesuit at Del Campo, 7 p.m.
The schedule for this week’s R.I. Interscholastic League Injury Fund Round Robin football games.
THURSDAY (Sept. 2)
At Toppa Field, Newport
Barrington vs. Mt. Hope, 6 p.m.
Middletown vs. Portsmouth, 7 p.m.
Tiverton vs. Rogers, 8 p.m.
At La Salle
Classical vs. Hope 5 p.m.
Mt. Pleasant vs. Central, 6 p.m.
La Salle vs. Moses Brown, 7 p.m.
At Cumberland High
Central Falls vs. Shea, 6 p.m.
Lincoln vs. Woonsocket, 7 p.m.
Tolman vs. Cumberland, 8 p.m.
FRIDAY (Sept.3)
At WarwickVets
Scituate vs.PCD/Wheeler/Sanchez, 6 p.m.
Pilgrim vs. Toll Gate, 7 p.m.
Hendricken vs. Warwick, 8 p.m.
At Cranston Stadium
Cranston West vs. W. Warwick, 6 p.m.
E. Providence vs. Coventry, 7 p.m.
St. Raphael vs. Cranston East, 8 p.m.
At South Kingstown
Narragansett vs. Westerly, 6 p.m.
Chariho vs. E. Greenwich, 7 p.m.
N. Kingstown vs. S. Kingstown, 8 p.m.
At North Providence
Burrillville vs.
Standout basketball player Remi Barry, who transferred to Del Oro High School as a senior but was declared ineligible by the CIF, has enrolled at New Mexico State.
The 6-foot-7 French native selected the school because the Western Athletic Conference accepts non-qualifiers.
Barry, who has NBA potential, was being hotly pursued by St. John’s, UCLA and Arizona State, but those schools are not allowed to accept non-qualifiers.
Chris Hendricks, who housed Barry during his stay in Loomis, said he had the grade-point average and SAT scores to qualify, but his core academic requirements are in question.
Barry has attended high school in France and Florida as well as at Del Oro.
While Hendricks said Barry may have to sit out a year, the NCAA has yet to render a decision on his eligibility for the coming season. Hendricks is the vice president of interactive media for the McClatchy Company, owners of The Bee.
Barry, a forward, was considered a top-100 player after his junior season at American Heritage High School in Florida.
Wright swam 32 miles in under 12 hours from Folkstone, England to Calais, France, according to the Davis Water Polo Club website.
During the last leg of his swim, winds picked up and reached 20 mph. Swells were between 6 and 12 feet.
Wright dedicated his swim to his mother, who taught him to swim as a child and now has Alzheimer’s.
Wright raised money for a UC Davis medical organization that does research supporting the teaching of physicians to diagnose Alzheimer’s.